92 Vineyard Culture. 



VI. 



PLANTING OF A VINEYARD. 



A RRANGEMENT OF THE ViNES. — The three follow- 

 ing plans are adopted, in the planting of a vineyard : 

 1st. Mixed Planting. — In all vineyards, the vines 

 are, at first, planted in parallel lines, and the stocks at 

 equal distances from one another. But in certain lo- 

 calities, the primitive plants are laid down without or- 

 der, in all directions, so as to multiply them more, and 

 to bring them nearer the required distance from each 

 other ; a confused planting is the result. This is the 

 process adopted in the neighborhood of Paris, in Cham- 

 pagne, in Burgundy, the. Jura, etc. 



The following are the motives which have led to the 

 adoption of this method : the expense of planting is 

 smaller than if the number of vines required to plant the 

 whole surface were at once procured. When the stocks 

 are to be replaced, the places of missing plants can be 

 filled up with the layers, without recourse to outside 

 plants. 



This method of replacing is more prompt in its re- 

 sults than a new planting. Lastly and especially, this 

 layering, practiced each year on a considerable portion 

 of the vineyard, renews the vigor of the plants, and in- 

 creases the yield. 



But, apart from the advantages we have just pointed 

 out, irregular planting presents the following serious in- 

 conveniences : the tillage is performed with less rap- 

 idity, and is consequently more expensive than planting 



